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On 25 November, Coventry City won 4-2 at Middlesbrough to move 10 points clear at the top of the Championship, while the Sky Blues were 13 points ahead of third place on Boxing Day. Now their lead has disappeared after a 2-1 loss at QPR and the chasing pack are …

Kroupi’s talent has not been a secret – least of all to his former team-mates and coaches at boyhood club Lorient. The youngest player to appear for the club in Ligue 1, Kroupi became the youngest scorer in Lorient’s top-flight history when he found the net against Nantes during the …

[ Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels One in four U.S. adolescents is exposed to violence in their neighborhood, and those teens are more than twice as likely to use cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs to cope, according to a new study from the University of Texas at Arlington. Published in the …

Williams added: “I loved the way we played that last quarter. We didn’t do anything too flashy, we were happy to sit in that goal-for-goal knowing we’d done the work and it was the smarts that got us over the line.” However, the 28-year-old feels the Roses are “going to …

Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George has been given a 25-game suspension for violating the NBA’s anti-drug programme, the league has announced. The nine-time NBA All-Star, who has averaged 20.5 points over his 16-year NBA career, said he mistakenly took an “improper” medication. George, 35, said in a statement to ESPN: …

The search operation for a seven-year-old girl who was swept out to sea in Morocco has been “hindered” by a storm, an MP has said. Inaayah Makda, who is from Blackburn in Lancashire, was sitting on some rocks on the beach in Casablanca when she was hit by a large …

Almost four years have passed since Elena Rybakina celebrated winning Wimbledon by humbly raising her right arm in the air. “Maybe one day you will see huge reaction from me,” she told the crowd that day. But that is not the understated 26-year-old’s style. After ending her wait for another …

Available for 29 days Gigi Salmon, Russell Fuller, Pat Cash and Annabel Croft react as Elena Rybakina beat world number one Aryna Sabalenka in Melbourne to win the Australian Open women’s singles title for the first time in her career and secure her second Grand Slam title. In the deciding …

Sir Richard Branson told Jeffrey Epstein he would love to see him again “as long as you bring your harem” in emails newly-released from the Epstein files. In the exchange, from September 2013, the disgraced financier also asked for Sir Richard’s “thoughts” on a “public relations” matter, apparently after visiting …

[ Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116749 Scientists at The Wistar Institute have identified a previously overlooked mediator in the body’s response to life-threatening infections: hippuric acid, a metabolite produced when gut bacteria break down polyphenols from berries, tea, and other plant-based foods. The research reveals that this …

Pokémon has apologised after plans for a card game event at a controversial shrine for Japanese war dead saw it accused of hurting “the feelings of the Chinese people”. The event was due to be held on Saturday at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo – which honours Japan’s 2.5 million …

Northampton Saints wing Edoardo Todaro is facing a long lay-off after suffering a serious knee injury at a training camp with Italy. The Italian Rugby Federation website say diagnostic tests had confirmed a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee. “The player will return to his club where he will …

Contractual complications are usually the reasons that players find themselves stranded in a club where they are not playing with the first team, but can’t leave. There are strict regulations implemented by Fifa that mean there can be no ‘abusive conduct’ by the club isolating players – including those in …

More than 200 people have been reported dead after a landslide hit coltan mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many bodies are still buried under the mud following the tragedy near Rubaya, in the east of the country, earlier this week. More than 15% of the world’s supply of …

“We want to take Swansea to the Premier League, and to do that we are going to need money – that’s the reality of the game these days. “I want to introduce sponsorship deals and publicity that will make them a global name.” The West Coast rapper has sold more …

Available for over a year In 2004 a rugby union team was formed in the Syrian capital Damascus. It consisted of British and French players working in the country, and one Syrian: Mohamad Jarkou. As protests against Syria’s government in 2011 were met with violent crackdowns by the authorities, foreign …

Hosting an Olympics usually results in a boost in medals – but it’s not always the case, as Italy discovered the last time they hosted the Winter Olympics in 2006. They had won 13 medals in 2002 in Salt Lake City but only managed 11 in Turin – although they …

Kelly: What does an ideal day off look like? How do you like to escape football? Florian: Since the summer, I like to play padel. I went a few times with some players here. Kelly: Who plays from Liverpool? Florian: Dominik [Szoboszlai], Milos [Kerkez]… Jeremie [Frimpong] says he’s good but …

[ Credit: Nutrients (2026). DOI: 10.3390/nu18020221 Being more active in the morning or afternoon is not just a matter of personal preference. Chronotype, which is each person’s biological tendency to function better at certain times of the day, can play a significant role in preserving muscle mass, as well as …

Hull City have signed Manchester United midfielder Toby Collyer and Liverpool forward Lewis Koumas on loan until the end of the season. Collyer, 22, an England youth international, made six Premier League appearances off the bench last season and featured four times during United’s run to the Europa League final …